I have a hummingbird feeder right outside my home office window and have been waiting all summer to see a hummingbird. Well, they all came out of hibernation (or migration) this weekend. I spotted the first one on Saturday afternoon. Of course, by the time I got my camera, my tripod and everything else, it …
Day 190 – Hot
What do you do when the weather gets hot? Here, you go to the river and float, kayak, paddle board - anything to get relief from the heat. We are in a red flag warning for hot weather, thunderstorms, and fire danger. We've been lucky so far this year with cooler temperatures and more moisture, …
Fireworks
This isn't part of my daily blog, but I wanted to post some photos I was experimenting with the Fourth of July Fireworks. I get weekly photo tips from Picture Perfect School of Photography and they had one for fireworks that I thought was interesting. You can read more about it here. But it's basically …
Day 189 – Calla Lillies
As many of you who have been following my blog know, the calla lily is one of my favorite flowers. To me, they are a beautiful, elegant flower and I never tire of them. So you can imagine my delight yesterday when my friend, and co-worker, Laura, brought me a pot of beautiful purple calla …
Day 188 – Wildflowers
The heat that has been plaguing the east coast and midwest is heading to the west coast. After some very nice, temperate summer days, the heat is building. The sunny weather has brought out some of the wildflowers I seeded earlier this spring. Most are still pretty small, but a couple of them have bloomed. …
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